Gloss
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n. 光彩，光澤，光滑;注釋，注解;假象;
vt. 發光，給…加光澤;注釋，注解;掩飾（錯誤）;
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a gloss of respectability
一副受人尊敬的假象
The company's annual report tried to gloss over recent heavy losses.
該公司的年度報告試圖掩蓋近期的嚴重虧損。
The surface gloss had begun to crack.
表面的光彩已經開始衰退了。
I couldn't understand the book without the gloss.
沒注解我看不懂那本書。
I polished my shoes to give them a gloss.
我擦了皮鞋使其光亮。
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【記】※ g-拼音“狗”,loss-失去:狗失去光澤
※ gloss-假象、注釋:哥哥被字面意思的假象迷惑時需要看注釋
※ glass-玻璃,gloss-光澤:玻璃能透光也能反光,總之是有光澤的
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gloss
n[U, sing]
1
(a) brightness or shine on a smooth surface 平滑表面上的光澤或光亮
With this polish you can give a good high gloss to the wood. 使用這種上光蠟可使木器表面極為平滑光亮.
the gloss on sb's hair 某人頭發的光澤.
(b) (often in compounds 常用以構成復合詞) substance (eg make-up) designed to give such a shine 用以產生光澤的物質（如化妝品）: `lip-gloss 透明唇膏
[attrib 作定語]
gloss paint, ie paint which, when dry, has a hard shiny surface 光澤涂料
gloss photographs 光面照片
a gloss finish, ie a shiny surface (after painting, processing, etc) 上光.
(c) gloss paint 清漆; 光澤涂料
a tin of gloss 一罐清漆. Cf 參看 matt.
2 (fig 比喻) deceptively good appearance 虛假的外表; 虛飾
acquire a pleasing social gloss, ie attractive manners, etc 培養社交中體面的風度
the gloss and glitter of Hollywood 好萊塢的虛榮與豪華
a gloss of respectability, ie cover for a life of secret wrongdoing 道貌岸然的假象. Cf 參看 veneer 2. gloss, v (phr v) gloss over sth treat sth briefly, or in a superficial or an incomplete way, so as to avoid embarrassing details 簡略地、 浮皮潦草地或敷衍地處理某事（以求避開難堪的細節）
gloss over the awkward facts 掩飾令人尷尬的事實.
gloss n ~ (on sth)
1 explanatory comment added to a text; brief definition 注釋; 簡明注解
a gloss on a word, phrase, etc 單詞、 短語等的注釋.
2 explanation; interpretation 解釋; 闡釋
The minister has put a different gloss on recent developments in the Middle East. 部長對中東局勢的最新發展作了另一番解釋. gloss, v [Tn]
give an explanation or a brief definition of (a word); add a gloss to (a text) 對（一詞）作解釋或簡要釋義; 給（一段文字）作注釋
a difficult word that needs to be glossed 需加注釋的難詞.
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*[gl?s]n. 光彩, 假象, 注釋vt. 使光彩, 掩蓋, 上光于, 注釋, 曲解vi. 發光, 作注釋相關詞組: put a gloss on gloss over sth
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光澤，光彩
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Even when I have a cold, I still have a good appetite.
我就是感冒了，胃口也照樣很好！
Time tames the strongest grief.
時間可以沖淡最強烈的悲傷。
Yes, I am.
對，我是在第四排。